ketocarboxylic acids

A form of ketocarboxylic acid — Any carboxylic acid having a ketonic carbonyl group, but especially any α-ketocarboxylic acid having the carbonyl group adjacent to the carboxylic acid group

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of ketocarboxylic acid
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